This academic article published in the journal IEEE Access presents an evaluation of a Smart Energy Control Systems (SECS) architecture called SmartCom. The system provides an accurate identification of electrical equipment through near field communication (NFC) between smart outlets (SO) and appliances. The results indicate that the system can achieve a rebalanced residential energy consumption 87.3% of the time with minimal disruption to users’ comfort.
Key words: architecture/engineering, audio/video, HVAC/IAQ, IoT, protocols and standards, energy efficiency